Bear-Alutiiq Word of the Week-May 4th
TAQUKA’AQ – BEAR TAQUKA’AT YUGNITAARAAT, “SUK”. – BEARS ALWAYS SAY, “PERSON.” The brown or grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America. The Kodiak Archipelago is home to more than three thousand of these enormous creatures, which have long been a source of food and raw materials for Alutiiq people. […]